Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Arts)

2024 Deakin University Handbook

Year

2024 course information

Award granted Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Arts)
Faculty

Faculty of Arts and Education

Campus

Offered at Burwood (Melbourne)

For students who commenced prior to 2023 only

Duration3 years full-time or part-time equivalent
CRICOS course code060435J Burwood (Melbourne), Waterfront (Geelong)

Note: Waterfront (Geelong) Campus students can take units of study at the Waurn Ponds (Geelong) Campus.

The final intake to this course was in Trimester 3 2022.

Students should contact a Student Adviser in Student Central for course and enrolment information.

Further course structure information can be found in the Handbook archive.

Course sub-headings

Fees and charges

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Course Learning Outcomes

Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes

Course Learning Outcomes

Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

Interpret and apply conceptual, theoretical and technical skills in the analysis and presentation of a range of creative outcomes.

Communication

Critically employ a variety of mediums, methods and techniques to present ideas and practical work.

Digital literacy

Critically evaluate, manipulate and apply a range of information technologies, digital tools, devices and environments to support and develop creative processes.

Critical thinking

Analyse and synthesize research materials across a diversity of sources and mediums to generate original and diverse creative work.

Problem solving

Apply theoretical and practical knowledge to generate and express solutions to creative arts problems

Self-management

Develop, manage and critically reflect upon the production and presentation of creative works in accordance with industry standards and personal learning goals.

Teamwork

Contribute in a constructive and respectful way to the collaborative production of creative outcomes.

Global citizenship

Engage critically, respectfully and with self-awareness when working within diverse social and cultural contexts in creative arts practice.

Approved by Faculty Board March 2019

Course rules

To qualify for the award of Bachelor of Creative Arts (Visual Arts) a student must complete 24 credit points including:

  • 8 common core units (totalling 12 credit points)
  • 4 Visual Art discipline units
  • 2 course electives
  • 6 electives
  • no more than 10 credit points at level 1
  • at least 6 credit points at level 3
  • DAI001 Academic Integrity Module (0-credit-point compulsory unit)

Course structure

Core units

ACA102Creativity: Thinking Through Doing [replaces ACA100]

AIX117Professional Writing for Work [replaces ACA101]

ACI202Advanced Digital Studio [replaces ACA210]

ACI204Photographic Storytelling [replaces ACA211]

ACV206Abstraction in the Visual Arts [replaces ACA210]

ACV210Art in Public Space [replaces ACA211]

ACA310Creative Studio 3A (2 credit points)

ACA311Creative Studio 3B (2 credit points)

ACA309Creative Careers and Contexts

ACA397Creative Arts Project Production

ACA100 Introductory Creative Studio 1A [No longer available for enrolment, replacement unit ACA102]

ACA101 Introductory Creative Studio 1B [No longer available for enrolment, replacement unit AIX117]

ACA210 Creative Studio 2A [2 credit points, no longer available for enrolment, repalcement units ACV206 and ACI202]

ACA211 Creative Studio 2B [2 credit points, no longer available for enrolment, repalcement units ACV210 and ACI204]

Visual Art discipline units

ACV101Painting in the Visual Arts

ACV212Digital Practices and the Visual Arts

ACV115Drawing and the Body in Visual Arts

ACV213Modelling and the Visual Arts

Course Electives

Complete two 1 credit point units from the following course electives list A:

ACD104Exploring Dance Styles

ACD207Improvisation for Dance and Movement

ACI101Analogue Photography

ACI102Digital Photography

ACI204Photographic Storytelling

ACI205Photographic Lighting and Lens

ACP103Acting Studio

ACP109Improvisation for Theatre

ACP207Director's Workshop

ACP212Technical Production 2 [replaces ACP208]

ACD103 Dance and Screens [No longer available for enrolment]

ACD208 Dance Beyond the Studio [No longer available for enrolment]

ACP208 Theatre Technologies [No longer available for enrolment, replacement unit ACP212]

Electives

Complete six free electives, of which at least two must be 2nd or 3rd level

We suggest students complete at least 4 units in a subject area different to their degree, preferably a linked sequence of study in the same area. This choice can include units from any degree in the University but is best chosen from the subject areas in the Bachelor of Creative Arts: (Dance, Drama, Photography), Bachelor of Design: (Visual Communication, Digital Technologies, 3D Animation) or Bachelor of Arts programs.